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Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam-40. ( The Yamadutas replied: That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The Vedas are directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, and are self-born. This we have heard from Yamaraja.)

yamaduta ucuh : veda-pranihito dharmo hy adharmas tad-viparyayah,

vedo narayanahsakshat svayambhur iti susruma.

yamadutah ucuh = the order carriers of Yamaraja said; veda = by the four Vedas (Sama, Yajur, Rig and Atharva); pranihitah = prescribed; dharmah = religious principles; hi = indeed; adharmah = irreligious principles; tat-viparyayah = the opposite of that (that which is not supported by Vedic injunctions); vedah = the Vedas, books of knowledge; narayanah sakshat = directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead (being the words of Narayana); svayam-bhuh = self-born, self-sufficient (appearing only from the breath of N…

Skandham 6.Chapter - 1.Slokam - 39. ( What is the process of punishing others? Who are the actual candidates for punishment? Are all karmīs engaged in fruitive activities punishable, or only some of them? )

One who has the power to punish others should not punish everyone. There are innumerable living entities, the majority of whom are in the spiritual world and are nitya-mukta, everlastingly liberated. There is no question of judging these liberated living beings. Only a small frac…

Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam-38. ( The blessed messengers of Lord Vishnu, the Vishnudutas, said: If you are actually servants of Yamaraja, you must explain to us the meaning of religious principles and the symptoms of irreligion. )Sri-vishnuduta ucuhyuyam vai dharma-rajasya yadi nirdesa-karinah,bruta dharmasya nas tattvam yac cadharmasya lakshanam.Sri-vishnudutah ucuh = the blessed messengers of Lord Vishnu spoke;yuyam = all of you; vai = indeed; dharma-rajasya = of King Yamaraja, who knows the religious principles; yadi = if; nirdesa-karinah = order carriers; bruta = just speak; dharmasya = of religious principles; nah = unto us; tattvam = the truth; yat = that which; ca = also; adharmasya = of impious activities; lakshanam = symptoms.This inquiry by the Vishnudutas to the Yamadutas is most important. A servant must know the instructions of his master. The servants of Yamaraja claimed to b…

Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam- 37 ( Sri Suka Maharishi continued: Being thus addressed by the messengers of Yamaraja, the servants of Vasudeva smiled and spoke the following words in voices as deep as the sound of rumbling clouds. )

Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam : 34 to 36. ( The order carriers of Yamarāja said: Your eyes are just like the petals of lotus flowers. Dressed in yellow silken garments, decorated with garlands of lotuses, and wearing very attractive helmets on your heads and earrings on your ears, you all appear fresh and youthful. Your four long arms are decorated with bows and quivers of arrows and with swords, clubs, conchshells, discs and lotus flowers. Your effulgence has dissipated the darkness of this place with extraordinary illumination. Now, sirs, why are you obstructing us? )34.sarve padma-palasakshah pita-kauseya-vasasahkiritinah kundalino lasat-pushkara-malinah.35.sarve ca nutna-vayasah sarve caru-caturbhujahdhanur-nisangasi-gada-sankha-cakrambuja-śriyah.36.diso vitimiralokah kurvantah svena tejasakim artham dharma-palasya kinkaran no nishedhatha.

Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam-s : 32 & 33.Slokam : 32 ( When the order carriers of Yamaraja, the son of the sun-god, were thus forbidden, they replied: Who are you, sirs, that have the audacity to challenge the jurisdiction of Yamaraja? )

ucur nisedhitas tams te vaivasvata-purahsarah

ke yuyam pratiseddharo dharma-rajasya sasanam

ucuh = replied; nisedhitah = being forbidden; tan = to the order carriers of Lord Vishnu;te—they; vaivasvata—of Yamaraja; purah-sarah = the assistants or messengers; ke = who;yuyam = all of you; pratised-dharah = who are opposing; dharma-rajasya = of the king of religious principles, Yamaraja;sasanam = the ruling jurisdiction.

According to the sinful activities of Ajamila, he was within the jurisdiction of Yamaraja, the supreme judge appointed to consider the sins of the living entities. When forbidden to touch Ajamila, the order carriers of Yamaraja were surprised because they had never been hindered in the ex…

Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam-31. ( The order carriers of Yamaraja ( Lord of death ) were snatching the soul from the core of the heart of Ajamila, the husband of the prostitute, but with resounding voices the messengers of Lord Vishnu, the Vishnudutas, forbade them to do so. )

vikarsatontar hrdayad dasi-patim ajamilam

yama-presyan vishnuduta varayam-asur-ojasa.

vikarsatah = snatching;

antah hrdayat = from within the heart; dasi-patim = the husband of the prostitute; ajamilam = Ajamila; yama-presyan = the messengers of Yamaraja ( Lord of death ); vishnu-dutah = the order carriers of Lord Vishnu; varayam asuh = forbade; ojasa = with resounding voices.

A Vaishnava, one who has surrendered to the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu, is always protected by Lord Vishnu’s order carriers. Because Ajamila had chanted the holy name of Narayaṇa, the Vishnudutas not only immediately arrived on the spot but also at once ordered the Yamadutas not to…

Skandham-6.Chapter-1.Slokam-30. ( My dear King, the order carriers of Vishnu, the Vishnudutas, immediately arrived when they heard the holy name of their master from the mouth of the dying Ajamila, who had certainly chanted without offense because he had chanted in complete anxiety. )nisamya mriyamanasya mukhato hari-kirtanam

bhartur nama maharaja pasadah sahasapatan.

nisamya = hearing; mriyamanasya = of the dying man; mukhatah = from the mouth; hari-kirtanam = chanting of the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhartuh nama = the holy name of their master; maha-raja = O King; parsadah = the order carriers of Vishnu; sahasa = immediately; apatan = arrived.

The order carriers of Lord Vishnu came because Ajamila had chanted the holy name of Narayana. They did not consider why he was chanting. While chanting the name of Narayana, Ajamila was actually thinking of his son, but simply because they heard Ajamila chanting the Lo…

When the time of death arrived for the foolish Ajamila, he began thinking exclusively of his son Narayana. In the Second skandham of the Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.1.6) Sri Suka Brahmarishi says:

“The highest perfection of human life, achieved either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by acquirement of mystic powers, or by perfect discharge of one’s occupational duty, is to remember the Personality of Godhead at the end of life.” Somehow or other, Ajamila consciously or unconsciously chanted the name of Narayana at the time of death , and therefore he …

Skandham-6.Chapter-1. ( Ajamila charitam )Slokam -22. ( This fallen brahmana, Ajamila, gave trouble to others by arresting them, by cheating them in gambling or by directly plundering them. This was the way he earned his livelihood and maintained his wife and children.)bandy-akshsaih kaitavais cauryair garhitam vrttim asthitah,bibhrat kutumbam asucir yatayam asa dehinah.bandi-akshaih = by unnecessarily arresting someone;kaitavaih = by cheating in gambling or throwing dice;cauryaih = by committing theft;garhitam = condemned;vrttim = professions;asthitah = who has undertaken (because of association with a prostitute);bibhrat = maintaining;kutumbam = his dependent wife and children ( his family );asucih = being most sinful;yatayam asa = he gave trouble;dehinah = to other living entities.This slokam indicates how degraded one becomes simply by indulging in illicit sex with a prostitute. Illicit sex is not possible with a chaste or aristocr…

Skandham-6.Chapter-1. ( Ajamila Charitham )Slokam-21. ( In the city known as Kanyakubja there was a brahmana named Ajamila who married a prostitute maidservant and lost all his brahminical qualities because of the association of that low-class woman. )

kanyakubje dvijah kascid dasi-patir ajamilah,

namna nashta-sadacaro dasyah samsarga-dushitah.

kanya-kubje = in the city of Kānyakubja (Kanauj, a town near Kanpur); dvijah = brahmana; kascit = some; dasi-patih = the husband of a low-class woman or prostitute; ajamilah = Ajamila; namna = by name; nashta-sat-acarah = who lost all brahminical qualities; dasyah = of the prostitute or maidservant; samsarga-dushitah = contaminated by the association.

The fault of illicit connection with women is that it makes one lose all brahminical qualities. In India there is still a class of servants, called sudras, whose maidservant wives are called sudranis. Sometimes people who are ver…